RHBA-2004:567 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

Updated bind packages

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated bind packages that fix various bugs are now available.

Description

BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS(Domain Name System) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named) whichresolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library (routines forapplications to use when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifyingthat the DNS server is operating properly.

These updated packages address the following issues:

The BIND initscript now restarts successfully.

After an upgrade, existing BIND zone files and configuration files were not preserved correctly.

BIND wildcard handling now operates according to specifications.

The bind-chroot command now retains or removes the ROOTDIR variable from /etc/sysconfig/named correctly.

The named.conf %config(noreplace) file was not marked.

A missing chroot -t option for named-checkconf has been fixed.

BIND package dependencies are now correctly specified in the spec file.

The man-pages package now installs the resolv.conf(5) man page.

The BIND package now installs with no errors.

The bind-chroot %post script now operates correctly.

All users of BIND should upgrade to these updated packages, which resolvethese issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-releasederrata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red HatNetwork to download and update your packages. To launch the Red HatUpdate Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to thefollowing Web page for the System Administration or Customizationguide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 ia64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 3 i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3 i386

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc

Fixes

BZ - 129232 - bind-chroot has typo in %post script causing most of %post not to run